Thirty candidates of Miss Thailand 2020 beauty pageant plunged into a filthy pond during a photo shoot at a bridge in Chiang Mai on Monday, Dec. 7. The Daily Mail UK reported that the moment was caught on film, showing the women in matching outfits, sun hats and face shields smiling and...
Philippine Airlines (PAL), in partnership with Guide to the Philippines, now offers affordable “Easy Escapes” travel packages to key domestic destinations. Guide to the Philippines, a Department of Tourism- accredited online travel platform, brings together local travel experts and top tour,...
ManilArt 2020 has an online component, but nothing beats an onsite experience of art It felt great to visit an actual, physical exhibit again. Sure, during the pandemic I had been able to visit more than a couple of galleries here and there, thanks to personal invites and very carefully...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) launches its trademark piso sale tomorrow, December 10 to Saturday, December 12, 2020 to re-start domestic travel under the new normal. The 3-day #CEBSuperSeatFest offers flights to all domestic and international destinations on sale for P1, one-way base fare, for travel from...
Global passenger demand continued to be "disappointingly slow in October", the International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (Dec. 8) reported. "This crisis is unrelenting," acknowledged Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO. Total demand measured in revenue passenger...
2020 MAMA Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 winners (clockwise from top left) BTS, ATEEZ, Treasure, TXT, TWICE, Seventeen, Mamamoo, GOT7, NCT and BLACKPINK (Photos: Twitter, MAMA) The 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held on Dec. 6 hosted by Korean actor and “Descendants of the Sun” star...
ManilArt is happening, and it promises to be more memorable and meaningful For a little over a decade now, ManilArt has been one of the most anticipated art trade fairs in the country. In its 12th year, despite the very challenging times or perhaps because of it, ManilArt promises to be more...
A man walks along a corridor past an official Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics advertisement board in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on November 30, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least an extra $2.4 billion, organisers said Friday, with the...
The PBA Rookie Draft last year. (PBA Images) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial bared Thursday that the league is planning to hold its annual draft class selection on the second week of March next year. Marcial said the start of application is set on Monday, Dec. 7 and the deadline would be on the...
BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Spotify has unveiled the top artists, albums, songs and podcasts in the Philippines this year under its 2020 Wrapped and among them are K-pop groups BTS and BLACKPINK. BTS placed second while BLACKPINK took fifth place among the top five most streamed artists...
Rowee Lucero Miss Philippines Rowee Lucero has just arrived from Albania following her successful stint at the Miss Globe 2020 beauty pageant where she won 4th runner-up. During a meeting with some members of the pageant media Thursday night, Lucero said that she has no hard feelings against...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (November 24) revised its outlook for the airline industry performance to show deeper losses in 2020 and 2021. Airlines will suffer a net loss of $118.5 billion for 2020, deeper than the $84.3 billion forecasted this June. Next year, the...
